Sentence Structuring

  1. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Rarely did the witness offer such a coherent account.
    B. Rarely the witness did offer such a coherent account.
    C. Rarely did the witness offered such a coherent account.
    D. Rarely offered the witness such a coherent account.
    Answer: A
  2. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Only after prolonged deliberation the panel reached a verdict.
    B. Only after prolonged deliberation did the panel reach a verdict.
    C. Only after prolonged deliberation did reach the panel a verdict.
    D. Only after prolonged deliberation reached the panel a verdict.
    Answer: B
  3. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. The more subtle the distinction, harder it is to explain.
    B. The more subtle the distinction, the harder it is to explain.
    C. More subtle the distinction, the harder it is to explain.
    D. The more subtle the distinction, the hard it is to explain.
    Answer: B
  4. Select the correct option:
    A. She is such articulate that everyone listens attentively.
    B. She is very articulate that everyone listens attentively.
    C. She is articulate so that everyone listens attentively.
    D. She is so articulate that everyone listens attentively.
    Answer: D
  5. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. I wish I had anticipated the objection.
    B. I wish I anticipate the objection.
    C. I wish I have anticipated the objection.
    D. I wish I anticipated the objection now.
    Answer: A
  6. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Had the team coordinated more effectively, the deadline might have been met.
    B. Had the team coordinated more effectively, the deadline might be met.
    C. Had the team coordinate more effectively, the deadline might have been met.
    D. Had the team coordinated more effectively, the deadline will have been met.
    Answer: A
  7. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Scarcely had the keynote ended than questions poured in.
    B. Scarcely the keynote had ended when questions poured in.
    C. Scarcely had the keynote ended when questions poured in.
    D. Scarcely had ended the keynote when questions poured in.
    Answer: C
  8. Select the correct option:
    A. The issue is too delicate for the minister to address it publicly.
    B. The issue is too delicate for the minister to address publicly.
    C. The issue is so delicate for the minister to address it publicly.
    D. The issue is very delicate for the minister to address it publicly.
    Answer: B
  9. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He is one of the analysts who has predicted the downturn accurately.
    B. He is one of the analysts who have predicted the downturn accurately.
    C. He is one of the analysts who is predicted the downturn accurately.
    D. He is one of the analysts who was predicted the downturn accurately.
    Answer: B
  10. Identify the correct structure:
    A. It was not until the final audit when the discrepancy came to light.
    B. It was not until the final audit did the discrepancy come to light.
    C. It was not until the final audit that the discrepancy came to light.
    D. It was not until the final audit the discrepancy came to light.
    Answer: C
  11. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Little did the negotiators suspect that the terms would be revised overnight.
    B. Little the negotiators did suspect that the terms would be revised overnight.
    C. Little did the negotiators suspected that the terms would be revised overnight.
    D. Little suspected the negotiators that the terms would be revised overnight.
    Answer: A
  12. Select the correct option:
    A. She denied that she was consulted before the announcement.
    B. She denied that she is consulted before the announcement.
    C. She denied that she has consulted before the announcement.
    D. She denied to be consulted before the announcement.
    Answer: A
  13. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. I would rather you do not disclose the details.
    B. I would rather you had not disclosed the details.
    C. I would rather you not to disclose the details.
    D. I would rather you are not disclosing the details.
    Answer: B
  14. Identify the correct structure:
    A. It is high time the administration respond decisively.
    B. It is high time the administration has responded decisively.
    C. It is high time the administration responding decisively.
    D. It is high time the administration responded decisively.
    Answer: D
  15. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. So abrupt was the interruption that the speaker lost his train of thought.
    B. So was the interruption abrupt that the speaker lost his train of thought.
    C. So abrupt the interruption was that the speaker lost his train of thought.
    D. So the interruption was abrupt that the speaker lost his train of thought.
    Answer: A
  16. Select the correct option:
    A. He speaks as though he is immune to criticism.
    B. He speaks as though he were immune to criticism.
    C. He speaks as though he be immune to criticism.
    D. He speaks as though he has been immune to criticism.
    Answer: B
  17. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. No sooner had the merger been announced when the shares rose sharply.
    B. No sooner the merger had been announced than the shares rose sharply.
    C. No sooner had the merger been announced than the shares rose sharply.
    D. No sooner had the merger announce than the shares rose sharply.
    Answer: C
  18. Identify the correct structure:
    A. The more carefully the evidence is weighed, the sounder the judgment becomes.
    B. The more carefully the evidence is weighed, sounder the judgment becomes.
    C. More carefully the evidence is weighed, the sounder the judgment becomes.
    D. The more carefully the evidence is weighed, the sound judgment becomes.
    Answer: A
  19. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He is such discreet that no one suspects his motives.
    B. He is very discreet that no one suspects his motives.
    C. He is discreet so that no one suspects his motives.
    D. He is so discreet that no one suspects his motives.
    Answer: D
  20. Select the correct option:
    A. Had I the means, I would fund the project independently.
    B. Had I had the means, I would fund the project independently.
    C. If I have the means, I would fund the project independently.
    D. If I had the means, I would have funded the project independently.
    Answer: A
  21. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. The chairperson insisted that the minutes be amended.
    B. The chairperson insisted that the minutes are amended.
    C. The chairperson insisted the minutes to be amended.
    D. The chairperson insisted that the minutes should amended.
    Answer: A
  22. Identify the correct structure:
    A. She was so exhausted that she scarcely recognized her own handwriting.
    B. She was such exhausted that she scarcely recognized her own handwriting.
    C. She was exhausted so that she scarcely recognized her own handwriting.
    D. She was very exhausted that she scarcely recognized her own handwriting.
    Answer: A
  23. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. I remember having seen the manuscript in the archive.
    B. I remember to have seen the manuscript in the archive.
    C. I remember had seen the manuscript in the archive.
    D. I remember having saw the manuscript in the archive.
    Answer: A
  24. Select the correct option:
    A. It is essential that every claim is substantiated by evidence.
    B. It is essential that every claim be substantiated by evidence.
    C. It is essential that every claim was substantiated by evidence.
    D. It is essential that every claim being substantiated by evidence.
    Answer: B
  25. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Hardly had the applause subsided when the next presenter took the stage.
    B. Hardly had the applause subsided than the next presenter took the stage.
    C. Hardly the applause had subsided when the next presenter took the stage.
    D. Hardly had subsided the applause when the next presenter took the stage.
    Answer: A
  26. Identify the correct structure:
    A. The sooner the discrepancy is reported, the easy it is to correct.
    B. The sooner the discrepancy is reported, easier it is to correct.
    C. The sooner the discrepancy is reported, the easier it is to correct.
    D. Sooner the discrepancy is reported, the easier it is to correct.
    Answer: C
  27. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He suggested that the clause is rewritten for clarity.
    B. He suggested the clause to be rewritten for clarity.
    C. He suggested the clause rewriting for clarity.
    D. He suggested that the clause be rewritten for clarity.
    Answer: D
  28. Select the correct option:
    A. The instructions were too ambiguous for the interns to follow them correctly.
    B. The instructions were too ambiguous for the interns to follow correctly.
    C. The instructions were so ambiguous for the interns to follow them correctly.
    D. The instructions were very ambiguous for the interns to follow them correctly.
    Answer: B
  29. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Had I appreciated the urgency, I would have responded immediately.
    B. Had I appreciate the urgency, I would have responded immediately.
    C. Had I appreciated the urgency, I would respond immediately.
    D. Had I appreciated the urgency, I will have responded immediately.
    Answer: A
  30. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Not until the entire dataset was processed did the anomaly become visible.
    B. Not until the entire dataset was processed the anomaly became visible.
    C. Not until the entire dataset was processed did become the anomaly visible.
    D. Not until the entire dataset was processed became the anomaly visible.
    Answer: A
  31. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Rarely have jurists agreed so completely on a constitutional question.
    B. Rarely jurists have agreed so completely on a constitutional question.
    C. Rarely have jurists agree so completely on a constitutional question.
    D. Rarely did jurists agreed so completely on a constitutional question.
    Answer: A
  32. Select the correct option:
    A. So persuasive was her testimony that the committee reopened the inquiry.
    B. So was her testimony persuasive that the committee reopened the inquiry.
    C. So persuasive her testimony was that the committee reopened the inquiry.
    D. So the testimony was persuasive that the committee reopened the inquiry.
    Answer: A
  33. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He would rather postpone the launch than compromise on safety standards.
    B. He would rather to postpone the launch than compromise on safety standards.
    C. He would rather postpone the launch than to compromise on safety standards.
    D. He would rather postponing the launch than compromise on safety standards.
    Answer: A
  34. Identify the correct structure:
    A. I cannot help but admire the rigor of her methodology.
    B. I cannot help but to admire the rigor of her methodology.
    C. I cannot help but admiring the rigor of her methodology.
    D. I cannot help but admired the rigor of her methodology.
    Answer: A
  35. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He speaks as if he was present at the negotiations.
    B. He speaks as if he were present at the negotiations.
    C. He speaks as if he be present at the negotiations.
    D. He speaks as if he has been present at the negotiations.
    Answer: B
  36. Select the correct option:
    A. It is necessary that all submissions are reviewed anonymously.
    B. It is necessary that all submissions be reviewed anonymously.
    C. It is necessary that all submissions were reviewed anonymously.
    D. It is necessary that all submissions being reviewed anonymously.
    Answer: B
  37. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. Only when the findings were replicated did the theory gain acceptance.
    B. Only when the findings were replicated the theory gained acceptance.
    C. Only when the findings were replicated did gain the theory acceptance.
    D. Only when the findings were replicated gained the theory acceptance.
    Answer: A
  38. Identify the correct structure:
    A. She is one of the few executives who understands the implications fully.
    B. She is one of the few executives who understand the implications fully.
    C. She is one of the few executives who has understood the implications fully.
    D. She is one of the few executives who is understanding the implications fully.
    Answer: B
  39. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. So intricate was the statute that even seasoned lawyers disagreed over its meaning.
    B. So was the statute intricate that even seasoned lawyers disagreed over its meaning.
    C. So intricate the statute was that even seasoned lawyers disagreed over its meaning.
    D. So the statute was intricate that even seasoned lawyers disagreed over its meaning.
    Answer: A
  40. Select the correct option:
    A. Unless the assumptions are tested, the projection cannot be trusted.
    B. Unless the assumptions are not tested, the projection cannot be trusted.
    C. Unless the assumptions tested, the projection cannot be trusted.
    D. Unless being tested the assumptions, the projection cannot be trusted.
    Answer: A
  41. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. He behaves as though he were exempt from ordinary constraints.
    B. He behaves as though he is exempt from ordinary constraints.
    C. He behaves as though he be exempt from ordinary constraints.
    D. He behaves as though he has been exempt from ordinary constraints.
    Answer: A
  42. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Only after the appeal was dismissed did the ruling take full effect.
    B. Only after the appeal was dismissed the ruling took full effect.
    C. Only after the appeal was dismissed did take the ruling full effect.
    D. Only after the appeal was dismissed took the ruling full effect.
    Answer: A
  43. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. No sooner had the corridor emptied than the discussion resumed behind closed doors.
    B. No sooner had the corridor emptied when the discussion resumed behind closed doors.
    C. No sooner the corridor had emptied than the discussion resumed behind closed doors.
    D. No sooner had the corridor empty than the discussion resumed behind closed doors.
    Answer: A
  44. Select the correct option:
    A. The more consistently the policy is enforced, the credible it becomes.
    B. The more consistently the policy is enforced, the more credible it becomes.
    C. More consistently the policy is enforced, the more credible it becomes.
    D. The more consistently the policy is enforced, more credible it becomes.
    Answer: B
  45. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. The proposal is too controversial for the council to endorse it unanimously.
    B. The proposal is too controversial for the council to endorse unanimously.
    C. The proposal is so controversial for the council to endorse it unanimously.
    D. The proposal is very controversial for the council to endorse it unanimously.
    Answer: B
  46. Identify the correct structure:
    A. Had I recognized the pattern earlier, the intervention might have succeeded.
    B. Had I recognize the pattern earlier, the intervention might have succeeded.
    C. Had I recognized the pattern earlier, the intervention might succeed.
    D. Had I recognized the pattern earlier, the intervention will have succeeded.
    Answer: A
  47. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. It was she who first questioned the validity of the premise.
    B. It was her who first questioned the validity of the premise.
    C. It was she whom first questioned the validity of the premise.
    D. It was her whom first questioned the validity of the premise.
    Answer: A
  48. Select the correct option:
    A. So severe was the backlash that the campaign was withdrawn within hours.
    B. So was the backlash severe that the campaign was withdrawn within hours.
    C. So severe the backlash was that the campaign was withdrawn within hours.
    D. So the backlash was severe that the campaign was withdrawn within hours.
    Answer: A
  49. Choose the correct sentence:
    A. I wish I had not overlooked the footnote in the original document.
    B. I wish I did not overlook the footnote in the original document.
    C. I wish I have not overlooked the footnote in the original document.
    D. I wish I do not overlook the footnote in the original document.
    Answer: A
  50. Identify the correct structure:
    A. It is high time the reviewers submitted their final observations.
    B. It is high time the reviewers submit their final observations.
    C. It is high time the reviewers have submitted their final observations.
    D. It is high time the reviewers

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